own kernel vs. update

Lev leventelist at gmail.com
Tue Jul 7 21:29:55 UTC 2015


On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:20:35 -0500
Mark Felder <feld at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> When I do this I like to install my kernel to a custom directory
> 
> make installkernel KERNCONF=whatever KODIR=/boot/foo
> 
> Now the kernel goes into /boot/foo
> 
> You can ensure the system uses this kernel at boot by putting
> kernel="foo" in /boot/loader.conf
> 
> You can also put kernels="foo,bar,baz" in loader.conf if you want the
> boot menu to have those kernels listed as options.

That sounds logical. Thanks!

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73 de HA5OGL
Op.: Levente


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